Windshield-supporting device for vehicles



F. DOBMEIER.

. wmosmew SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATlON FILED NOV-20.1917.

1,361,837. Patented Dec. 14,1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED DOBMEIER, F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGN OR TO ONE HAND AUTO TOP COMPANY, INC., OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WINDSI-IIELD-SUPPORTIN G DEVICE FOR 'VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

Application filed November 20,1917. 'Serial No. 202,927.

T 0 all 10 7mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED DOBMEIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in VVindshield-Supporting Devices for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and' use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon which form part of this specification.

Like figures of reference refer to like parts.

This invention relates to devices for supporting wind shields for vehicles.

One object of this invention is to provide a form of support to the upper wind shield. in conjunction with a pivoted member, fixed thereto, which will, by the position of the pivotal axis, enable the operator to space the lower ed e of the lass of the u 3 )er wind shield at considerable distance from the upper edge of lower glass for ventilating purposes, and at the same time to shed rain at a distance from the upper edge of the lower glass, while permitting an unobstructed view ahead.

Another object is to so position the pivotal axis of the upper sash as to enable the operator to turn the upper edge thereof down i to lap upon the lower sash and leave an open space between the top frame and the sash.

A further object is to provide co-acting members, constituting the supporting device, which can be readily made from sheet metal and which will be rigid in formation and cheaply made as stampings.

With these and other objects my invention is embodied in certain construction which is illustrated in the drawings, is hereinafter described and what I claim is set forth.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevation of a fragment of wind shield, showing my supporting device partly in section.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of what is shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the channel part of the pivotal member.

.Fig. d is a section taken on the line XX of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan'of the cup part of said member.

Fig. 6 is a plan of the parts of the said member assemble-d.

Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line YY of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a binding bolt.

In the figures, a post 1 is shown fixed by screws 2 and 3 to the lower fixed wind shield sash 4, above which is the upper wind shield sash 5, having fixed thereto the channel part- 6 of the pivotal member 7. A cupped part 8 completes the said member 7. The parts 6 and 8 are assembled having the neck 9 en gage the hole 8 in the cup 8 and having the tongue 10 engage the recess 11 of the cup 8. After assembling the parts, the neck 9 has itsupper edge flared outwardly by means of a press to bind the bottom of the cup 8 to the part 6, of the member7. The member 7 is attached to the sash 5 by means of the bolt 12, which has a hexagonal portion 13 bearing against the lock washer 14, which bears against the flanged portion of the neck 9. The hexagonal portion 13 of the bolt 12 extends beyond the chime 15 of the cupped part 8, to be readily engaged by a wrench, when attaching the member 7 to the sash 5. An ordinary screw 16 also holds the member 7 to the sash 5. The outer end 17 of the bolt 12 is threaded and passes through a hole in the center of the cupped portion 18 of the post 1. Two nuts 19 and 20 engage the end 17 integral with the bolt 12 and bear against a washer 21 in contact with the extension 21 of the cupped portion 18, which extension 21 freely envelops the outer end of the hexagonal portion 13 of the bolt 12. The cupped portion 18 engages the chime 15 of the cup 8.

The construction herein shown is especially adapted for attachment to the sashes of the wind shield of the Ford automobile, wherein the spacing of holes in the upper sash thereof in two types of present construction is such that the distance between the center line of threaded holes, as between A and B, is the same in each type while in one form the extra hole has a center on the line C, and in the other type the extra hole is on a line D, so positioned that the distance perspective view of the pivotal of C and B 6%;ltl the distance between the lines B and thereby adapting the one form 6 of the member 7 to be fitted to a sash 5 of one type, having a hole on the line D, engaged by a bolt 16 shown in dotted position to bind the member 7 in the dotted position (3.

In adj usting the frictional contact of the chime 15, of the member 7, with the inside of the cupped portion 18 of the post 1, the nut 19 is adj ustably positioned upon the bolt 12 and is locked thereon by means of the lock nut 20, which is turned tight against the nut 19, as the nut 19 is held in the position desired.

The post illustrated in connection with the Wind shield in Fig. 1, represents the post on the left side of the automobile (looking forward). A similar post is provided on the right side, but is a right hand post complemental to the left hand post, illustrated in the figures. In the upper endof the post 1 is shown a notch 1 and a lug l adapting the upper end of the post for engagement with a special form of locking device and fixture of a top frame, shown in another application which I am about to file.

Inasmuch as modifications may be made in the details of construction herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to such detailed construction, hence I claim,

1. In a windshield supporting device,- adapted for journaled attachment to the upper swinging sash of a vehicle windshield and for fixed attachment to the lower sash of said windshield, a post fixed to said lower sash and extending upward in line with the upper end of said upper sash, andforming a support for the front end of a vehicle top, means for attaching said post to said lower sash, a frictional joint at the journaled connection of said post with said upper sash, said joint comprising a socket member composed of two parts, one of said parts conforming to the frame of said upper sash and being attached thereto, and the other of said parts being conical in shape, having its surface convergent near its outer end, said parts being permanently fixed together, a.

conical pocket in said post adapted for frictional engagement with said convergent surface of said member, a stud in threaded engagement with the frame of said upper sash and having a threaded end opposite thereto, passing through a hole in the bottom of said pocket, a nut engaging the outer threaded end of said stud, outside of said pocket, and means for locking said nut in fixed relation to said post.

2. In a wind shield supporting device,

adapted for pivotally supporting an upper wind shield sash above a fixed lower sash, a post fixed upon, and extendlng above, sald lower sash, said post havlng a conlcal socket midway its length, and a joint member comprising a shell portlon fixed upon said upper FRED DOBMEIER. 

